Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pursues an attempted murder case and life in prison against Ryan Routh, 58, after the Trump assassination attempt suspect was arrested Sunday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would like to see an attempted murder charge brought against failed Trump assassination suspect Ryan Wesley Routh, which he noted carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Routh, 58, has been charged federally with possessing a gun with a scratched-out number and with possessing a gun illegally as a felon, though more serious charges are likely pending.
“I think this is an offense that should merit life in prison, and if we are not going to go to the fullest extent of the law, you are lowering the threshold into what someone in the future may try to do something like this”, DeSantis said during a Tuesday morning press conference in West Palm Beach.
The governor assigned Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump on Sunday.
